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Stratus, formerly known as the Future Cruise/Anti-Ship Weapon (FC/ASW) or FMAN/FMC in French (Futur Missile Anti-Navire/Futur Missile de Croisière), is a multi-national next generation missile programme launched by France and the United Kingdom in 2017 to succeed their jointly-developed Storm Shadow/SCALP as well as their respective Exocet and Harpoon anti-ship missiles, with Italy in the process of joining as of June 2023.
 
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IPG Photonics unveiled CROSSBOW MINI high-energy laser system for counter-drone defence

IPG Photonics announced the first public display of the CROSSBOW MINI 3 kW high-energy laser (HEL) system at Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) UK in London.
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The CROSSBOW MINI 3 kW HEL was optimised to neutralise Group 1 and 2 drones with precision and operated for up to 12 hours on internal battery power. The CROSSBOW product line also included the 500 W Dazzler, which was available, and pre-orders were being taken for the higher-power 8 kW HEL system.
 

France Launches SCALP Mk2 Cruise Missile Development to Strengthen Long-Range Precision Strike​

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France Launches SCALP Mk2 Cruise Missile Development to Strengthen Long-Range Precision Strike

France begins development of the SCALP Mk2 cruise missile, enhancing guidance and targeting under a DGA and OCCAr managed program.
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According to French defense authorities, the upgraded missile will deliver improved guidance, targeting accuracy, and target acquisition performance, ensuring relevance against modern and future air defense environments.
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still pretty heavily violates the spirit of the agreement.

India also has missiles with significantly greater range but can hardly buy the iskander or zircon(Not that it needs either considering indegenous alternatives alr exist or are in development) from russia can it?
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Warheads under 500kg but Ukraine already has missiles with range over 300km anyway.
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lmaoxd said:
still pretty heavily violates the spirit of the agreement.

India also has missiles with significantly greater range but can hardly buy the iskander or zircon(Not that it needs either considering indegenous alternatives alr exist or are in development) from russia can it?
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MTCR is largely defunct now anyway. Bad actors already have such technology and are exporting it to even worse actors (e.g. Iran to Houthis and Hezbollah), so given technically MTCR-compliant technology to a country simply defending its own borders is A-OK.
 
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TigerShark by MGI Defence — High-Speed Deep‑Strike Drone OWE

TigerShark is MGI Defence’s high-speed, long-range autonomous one‑way effector, delivering 300 kg over 750 km at 750 km/h—UK‑made, export-ready, available Oct 2025.
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KEY FEATURESHigh-speed, long-range autonomous one-way effector designed for precision deep-strike missions against high-value targets.

Payload​

200-300kg​


Cruise Speed​

650km/hr​


Max Speed​

750km/h​


Range (max payload, max speed)​

550km​


Range (max payload, cruise speed)​

900km​


Empty Mass​

170kg​


Max Take Off Weight (MTOW)​

800kg​

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SkyLance | High-Altitude, Long-Endurance UAS Platform

SkyLance is a high-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aerial system delivering persistent ISR, resilient communications and sovereign operational control.
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Range

Up to 1200 km
745 mi

Cruise Speed

600 km/h
370 mph

MTOW

655 kg
1440 lbs

Configurable Payload

Up to 300 kg
660 lbs

Range (150kg payload)

> 2700 km
1677 mi

Max Speed

650 km/h
400 mph

Operational Altitude

100 m - 4,000 m ASL
300 ft - 12,000 ft

Launch System

Rocket Assist 16kN Thrust
3500 lbs
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